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Sacramento, California, Collected 4/4/22


Best Answer ZTYguy , April 5 2022 - 5:53 PM

Camponotus hyatti Go to the full post


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#1 Offline Antlover24 - Posted April 5 2022 - 4:36 PM

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I'm still not entirely sure if the ants I found are queens but I'm hoping they are, and I wish I can find out what type they and as of now I'm thinking they are carpenter ants/Camponotus

 

-Collected and found on 4/4/22

-Found in a Large Park full of tree's, plants, and flowers, more specifically found around a tree full of what I suspect are carpenter ants 

-Length is nearly half an inch

-Very Dark Red Head nearly black, orangish red thorax, solid black gaster
-Has a small black section at the back end of the thorax, with another smaller spot of darker orange black at the front end of the thorax

-Found this (what I assume is a queen) around a tree and on a tree with other ants running along it, living tree 
-Didn't witness a nuptial flight or any queens/ants with wings

-Noticed ants especially killing ants exactly like the ones I found, if that's of use

 

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Edited by Antlover24, April 5 2022 - 4:38 PM.


#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 5 2022 - 4:42 PM

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Its definitely a camponotus species of some kind. I don’t know much about the californian ones, so hopefully someone else can pitch in.
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#3 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted April 5 2022 - 4:49 PM

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Camponotus hyatti. 


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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 


#4 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted April 5 2022 - 4:53 PM

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That's Camponotus Hyatti queen.



#5 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 5 2022 - 5:53 PM   Best Answer

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Camponotus hyatti
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#6 Offline Antlover24 - Posted April 5 2022 - 7:21 PM

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Thanks for help with the identification!


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#7 Offline AntsCali123 - Posted April 6 2022 - 12:37 AM

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That’s so awesome I live in Sacramento also. What area did you find her if you don’t mind?


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#8 Offline Antlover24 - Posted April 6 2022 - 7:39 PM

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I found them while walking through :California State capital park", specifically on the edge of the Rose garden on a tree and around it.


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#9 Offline AntsCali123 - Posted April 6 2022 - 9:37 PM

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I found them while walking through :California State capital park", specifically on the edge of the Rose garden on a tree and around it.


Awesome! I think I’m gunna go look in that area this Saturday lol thanks so much I’ll let you know if I find any


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#10 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 4 2022 - 2:05 PM

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I don't mean to resurrect an older post, but without a frontal face picture you can't distinguish whether this is C. hyatti or C. essigi.


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#11 Offline Antlover24 - Posted May 4 2022 - 5:50 PM

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The queen doesn't have yellow on its gaster like C. essigi, and I don't know how I would take a good quality pic with the queen facing the camera close up



#12 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 4 2022 - 6:02 PM

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C. essigi has two known variants, one of which has queens that look exactly like the one in the pictures. In addition, C. hyatti has a few variants, one of which looks exactly like the one in the pictures. This is indeed why I said you cannot distinguish them without a frontal face picture. And if you do question the validity of C. essigi having two variants, here's the "red" Northern California variant C. essigi gyne specimen. https://www.antweb.o...e=United States


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